WBEMMOF_E_INVALID_INSTANCE_DECLARATION

The instance declaration is not valid. It must start with "instance of"

Matched as: the code as given (hex)

HRESULT breakdown: code: 16408, customer: False, facility: 4, severity: failure (bit 31 set), ntstatus_wrapped: False

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